Jan. 27, 2023: Is there an RNC shocker in the making?
Later this morning, RNC members here at a five-star resort on the Pacific Ocean will pile into a private conference room and elect the organization\u2019s next chair after a weekslong, bitter campaign pitting incumbent Ronna McDaniel against top challenger Harmeet Dhillon.\nWhile McDaniel remains the favorite, Dhillon\u2019s team has been working overtime since they arrived, and there are unmistakable signs she\u2019s made headway. Just days ago, she had fewer than 30 of the 168 RNC members publicly endorsing her compared to more than 100 who had backed McDaniel in an open letter after the midterms.\nThe race\u2019s new fluidity comes as members wrangle with one big question in increasingly urgent tones: What does this race say about Donald Trump's hold on the GOP?\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter